by Sports Xchange

But that was last year. This year, all five starters from that team are gone, including top scorers Brandon Brooks (13.7 ppg) and Andrew Hayles (13.7 ppg), SWAC Defensive Player of the Year Chief Kickingstallionsims Jr. and forwards Rashad Provitt and Wesley Jones.

Now, coach Lewis Jackson has his work cut out for him, with seven players returning, the best scorer of them -- Tramaine Butler -- scoring just 4.6 points per game a year ago.

Jackson will need to meld those returnees with eight newcomers to form a cohesive unit that will be competitive.

Sound easy? Not quite. But this is just the kind of challenge Jackson loves to deal with, although he may change his mind if ASU doesn't get off to a good start.